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Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc

Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,424 to it, the largest being THE DAVID FRAWLEY 2003 FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$18k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$23k
Net assets
$156k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc does

Mission

To foster, encourage, and advance the education of future generations through the recording and preservation of the history of aviation and space exploration, technology and its kindred and allied arts and sciences, and surviving artifacts.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Museum costs for the location in Hyannis

    $42,527 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $42,527.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($121k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($384k)2020 Revenue 305 ($370k) Expenses 604 ($241k) Net assets 175 ($671k)2021 Revenue 236 ($287k) Expenses 575 ($229k) Net assets 189 ($728k)2022 Revenue 58 ($70k) Expenses 833 ($332k) Net assets 121 ($467k)2023 Revenue 225 ($274k) Expenses 1014 ($404k) Net assets 87 ($336k)2024 Revenue 78 ($94k) Expenses 570 ($227k) Net assets 53 ($202k)2025 Revenue 15 ($18k) Expenses 161 ($64k) Net assets 41 ($156k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (15)Expenses (161)Net assets (41)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $384k to $671k (+75%).

$384k
$671k
$752k
$553k
$350k
$202k
$156k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$81k
’19
$129k
’20
$57k
’21
−$262k
’22
−$131k
’23
−$133k
’24
−$46k
’25
4.5
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Georgia E Pappas

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed121218191617
Joined·+0+9+2+0+3
No longer listed·03132
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $3k → $12k.

1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

85%
largest funder
94%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 50% · 2023 87% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−248% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−27% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Government funding Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.

State$3k
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$3k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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In Massachusetts

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 34%Fundraising 0%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc?
Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,424 to it, the largest being THE DAVID FRAWLEY 2003 FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $23,424 in grants to Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc?
THE DAVID FRAWLEY 2003 FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Massachusetts Air And Space Museum Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing